For $3 per, site sends handwritten thank you notes on your behalf
In 2010, everyone is lazy with regard to at least one thing. And, wouldn’t you know it, the business world isn’t far behind.
Of all the “pay for convenience” services out there, I happened to stumble across this beauty which may just take the cake.
ThankThankNotes.com, only four weeks old now, is a web-based company that sends out hand-written thank you notes on your behalf.
“In a nutshell, we handwrite, hand-address, stuff, stamp and mail your thank you notes,” the site’s FAQ section explains.
Indeed, that seems to be just what’s going on here. For $3 a note, you send ThankThankNotes.com your desired mailing list, the text of what you want written on the notes and they take care of the rest.
There are even pre-written text templates to choose from (“Dear (blank), thank you for attending (Event X) and giving us (Gift X).”) for the especially lazy. You can also choose from prefabricated note designs or send the Texas-headquartered company your own blank cards for them to write on.
When it comes to signatures, ThankThankNotes.com simply prints your name by default, but if you really insist on signing your own notes, the site’s staff can write them up, leave the signature space blank and ship them to you, whereupon you can sign each note personally and send them off to your mailing list yourself. Really, any permutation of skimping on the responsibility of writing your own thank you notes, this site can help.
Of course, anything as innovative as ThankThankNotes.com – and we use the term “innovative” here because, frankly, there seems to be a definite market for such a service – isn’t available in Canada just yet. Currently, ThankThankNotes.com only ships notes to U.S. addresses, but Kristen Carney, the site’s founder, is on record as saying an expansion to Canada could be coming soon.
When I spoke with Carney Thursday, she told MSN she's inquired Canada Post about shipping rates above the 49th parallel (the $3 flat rate per note might jump to $3.15 or so for Canadian customers, Carney said). Expanding to Canada, though, is "absolutely" something ThankThankNotes.com is interested in, she said, once the still-fledgling site gets its roots set in the U.S.
By Jason Buckland, MSN Money
Posted by: Mark Demers | Nov 19, 2021 2:32:33 PM
That sounds like a good business to start up here in Canada. My only problem is i got two going right now that keep me pretty busy.
There are a bunch of lazy people in this world (country)and they all have too much money or not enough time to have to use a service like this.
It seems as if people just want their whole likes to be done for them.
I say , quit being so lazy - if you have to write a few thank you letters then just do it - So what , you loose an hours sleep.At least people won`t look at you funny if you ever let it slip that you use this service.
Do it while you`re watching TV.
Posted by: Stacy | Nov 19, 2021 5:07:34 PM
With all the info you have to send them it seems like almost as much work as just doing it yourself.
Posted by: Daniel Booy | Nov 21, 2021 9:05:07 PM
I guess that this would work if you need to send out a whole bunch of the same note to a multitude of people - but wouldn't it take the same amount of time to type what has to go into the note, wait for it to be mailed, then sign and mail it as it does to simply write it yourself and mail it? For doing 1, 2, or 3 notes, it seems like you're paying for something while hardly saving any time at all.